Here are a few national and Virginia news stories, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 5.
- Battle for speaker shows unrest in Republican caucus
- 5 cases to watch as Supreme Court term begins (This could be bad.)
- The conservative evasion on guns ("Time for gun absolutists to be called out.")
- Jeb Bush’s energy plan ("By any reasonable measure, however, it’s breathtakingly irresponsible: Mr. Bush’s plan is silent on one of the country’s greatest challenges." If you know anything at all about energy or the environment, you know that Bush's "plan" is horrendously, laughably, absurdly bad.)
- Boehner might postpone elections for majority leader, whip
- Jeb is cooked: Why megadonors’ millions (probably) aren’t going to save Bush’s disastrous campaign ("Team Bush argues they're built to go the distance in the primary, but that won't matter if Jeb has nothing to offer")
- This election is killing the planet: The complete and utter insanity of a campaign that ignores climate change (On the Republican side that is.)
- This is how the paranoid right keeps America armed to the teeth: The lies & distortions they use after every massacre
- Even Appalachia Is Walking Away From Coal (Coal has been an almost unmitigated disaster for Appalachia, so good riddance.)
- Warner dismisses notion that he's playing it safe ("After close election, he finds niche on issues of the Washington mainstream.")
- Doug Wilder lays out praise, criticism in memoir ("Former Gov. Douglas Wilder says that if he had endorsed state Sen. Creigh Deeds for governor in 2009, as President Barack Obama urged him to do, it would have helped weaken gun control laws." Huh?)
- SHAD-O: Play along during Norment, Saslaw debate ("The debate starts at 6 p.m., and will stream live online here.")
- Fixing juvenile justice ("YOUTH PRISONS are supposed to be for the very worst kids - the ones who pose a danger to society. But in Virginia, 21 percent of the teens sent to youth prison last year were there primarily for larceny. Another 10 percent were there on a misdemeanor. Sadly, the rehabilitation prospects for those teens aren't great.")
- Light-rail politics and priorities
- Flooding swamps the region, but sun is just around the bend
- Season of discontent should bring winter of change for Nationals
- D.C. area forecast: Sun to make triumphant return today and stay with us this week ("Cloudy skies have prevailed in the region for the past 11 days but today, finally, marks a turning point.")
